Perhaps the argument should be, "We have to believe in souls because no mere physical object, no machine could feel."

而应该是,我们不得不相信灵魂,因为所有物理对象,所有的机器都没有感觉

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First, that everybody knows realities, people believe that because we all immersed in it, and that already defeats models that you might have.

第一条便是，每个人都知道现实，人们相信现实，因为我们都存在于现实中，现实可能摧毁了你曾经有过的世界观。

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The only reason I believe that we have financial markets that work is because we have regulations.

之所以我相信金融市场能够,维持良好运转的唯一原因,就是金融监管的存在

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We get a check for the Cheetos as well, but only because we're trained to believe that one tastes good and the other one doesn't, because in different cultures it would be the reverse.

我们还是选奇多作为食品,但选择的原因仅在于,所受的教育,告诉我们它好吃,而蟑螂不好吃,在不同的文化中情况可能是相反的

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It's worth saying a word about that, because I want to undermine any great confidence that you may have and what you can believe that scholars tell you, because we keep finding out how wrong we are about all kinds of things.

这里得说的是,我想给自信满满的家伙泼点儿冷水,你曾深信不疑的学者们告诉你的那些事,不断被发现,并在很多问题上都存在纰漏

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Perhaps the argument shouldn't be, "We have to believe in souls because no mere physical object could reason."

也许论证不应该是,我们必须相信灵魂,因为所有的物理对象都不能推理

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Simmias says we can't conclude that the soul is indestructible because we should not believe the subconclusion 4 invisible things can't be destroyed.

他说我们不能得出结论说,灵魂不朽或几乎不朽或其他什么,因为我们不该相信,4这个结论4,即无形的东西不可毁灭。

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We're also going to recognize, however, that insurance got a slow start because-- I believe it is because-- people could not understand the concept of probability.

不管怎么说,我们得承认,保险起步缓慢,因为...,我相信是因为...,人们无法理解概率的概念

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Still, that doesn't mean that we should believe the argument for the existence of the soul from near-death experiences, because the question remains, "What's the best explanation of what's going on in near-death experiences?"

但是,这并不意味着,我们应该相信那些从濒死体验角度,来证明灵魂存在的论证,因为问题仍在,对于濒死体验的,最好解释是什么

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